Senior Project Manager
Chicago, IL 
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Posted 11 days ago
Job Description

Position Overview: Morningstar DBRS is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Project Manager to join our dynamic team. This role will be pivotal in bridging the gap between business operations and technology, ensuring seamless integration and optimization of systems and processes. The ideal candidate will possess a strategic mindset, strong project management skills, and a deep understanding of technology infrastructure and/or enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Project Management: Lead and oversee projects at the intersection of business operations and technology from inception to completion. Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, and budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, IT professionals, engineers, and developers to define project requirements, priorities, and deliverables. Facilitate effective communication and coordination throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Technology Integration: Drive the integration of technology solutions into existing business operations, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, productivity, and performance. Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies and tools that align with organizational needs and strategic objectives.
  • Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate risks and issues that may impact project timelines, budgets, quality or policies. Develop contingency plans and escalation procedures as needed to ensure project success and stakeholder satisfaction.
  • Quality Assurance: Implement robust quality assurance processes and standards to validate project deliverables and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
  • Performance Monitoring: Monitor and track project progress, performance metrics, and KPIs, providing regular updates and reports to senior management and key stakeholders. Identify areas for improvement and optimization, driving continuous process enhancements.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; Master's degree or PMP certification is a plus.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management, with a focus on business operations and technology integration.
  • Strong understanding of technology infrastructure, enterprise systems, and/or software development methodologies.
  • Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and motivate teams towards common goals.
  • Strategic thinker with a problem-solving mindset.
  • Exceptional attention to detail.
  • Experience in the financial services industry, credit rating agencies, or other highly regulated industry is preferred but not required.

About Us

Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structuredfinance instruments globally.Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world.

Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency anda much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require.Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service.

Morningstar DBRS is the next generation of credit ratings.


If you received and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.


Morningstar and its subsidiaries are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship, gender identity, parental status, or other legally protected characteristics or conduct.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
3+ years
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